Here are couple of links possibly to understand Russia-Ukraine relations, why it is where it is.
These are documentaries not often mentioned in Western media.
It's up to you what you take from them.

Ukraine on Fire

2014’s Maidan Massacre triggered a bloody uprising that ousted president Viktor Yanukovych and painted Russia as the perpetrator by Western media. But was it? “Ukraine on Fire” by Igor Lopatonok. Executive producer Oliver Stone.

Fascism as it is

Documentary by Andrei Karaulov

War - Donbas 2014

Documentary about the war on eastern Ukraine launched by Ukrainian regime as ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation)

White supremacists

TIME Correspondent, Simon Shuster, travels to Ukraine in the summer of 2019 to investigate white supremacists militias…

A far-right children camp

THE GUARDIAN In Ukraine, the far-right Azov militia is fighting on the frontline

Donbass

Documentary by Anne-Laure Bonnel

Revealing Ukraine

An Oliver Stone and Igor Lopatonok Documentary. With the film "Revealing Ukraine" by Igor Lopatonok, the investigation of the Ukrainian crisis continues.

The Ukrainian PR stunt

More than 150 PR agencies from the U.S. and Europe are shaping Ukraine’s media image. This campaign began back in 2014 during the Maidan uprising.

Children of Donbass

Documentary about people, mostly children suffering during the Ukrainian regime attack on own citizens since 2014 till the Russian invasion which should have ended it.